TAP block nomenclature

Ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block.

The Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) block: Abdominal plane regional anaesthesia

HISTORY OF THE TAP BLOCK Abdominal field blocks and costo-iliac block have been used in anaesthesia for surgery involving the anterior abdominal wall for several decades. A technique involving multiple injections of local anaesthetic in the abdominal wall was used in the 1980s.1 This technique was improved with a blind landmark technique, via the ‘lumbar triangle of Petit’.2 The clinical effica...

تاثیر بلوک ماهیچه عرضی شکم (TAP block) با بوپیواکایین 25/0% بر درد پس از سزارین

مقدمه: مادر نیاز دارد پس از سزارین هر چه سریع‌تر نگهداری نوزاد خود را به عهده گیرد. تسکین درد در مادر باعث افزایش راحتی و بهبود سریع‌تر و کاهش مدت بستری و عوارض مانند ترومبوآمبولی ریوی و نیز هزینه درمان می‌شود. هدف: تعیین تأثیر بلوک عضله شکمی (TAP) با تزریق مارکایین 25/0% بر میزان بی‌دردی پس از عمل سزارین مواد و روش‌ها: این مطالعه کارآزمایی بالینی دوسوکور بر 76 بیمار بود که مورد جراحی سزارین ان...

Continuous bilateral TAP block in patient with prior abdominal surgery.

We present as an option for epidural analgesia and intravenous opioid infusion a clinical case of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block, with bilateral placement of catheter for postoperative analgesia after exploratory laparotomy performed in a patient with previous abdominal surgery and heart, kidney and liver failure.

[The analgesic efficacy of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block].

The transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is a novel approach for blocking the abdominal wall neural afferents via the bilateral lumbar triangles of Petit. It was described for the first time in 2007 by McDonnell et al. We applied the technique after the original methodology of the authors. We evaluated its analgesic efficacy first 24 postoperative hours of patients, undergoing to surgical an...